Misc News – May 24

The Post-Trib covers the Illiana Mayfest and its sellout of "1,000 geeks" and 17 breweries. article

Figure 8 Brewing was there with Ro Shampo, Where Lizards Dare IPA, Camp 4 Nut Brown Ale. They will soon be releasing a Watermelon Wheat.

Three Floyds gets ink in The Atlantic.

Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Charlie, Fred, and Ken's Imperial Helles Bock (8.9%) left the warehouse today. info - But there won't be any Anniversary Ale this year. It will be replaced by Tumbler Autumn Brown Ale. in August.

Esquire rates Nine of the Worst Beers on Earth. From Bud Light & Clamato to Olde English 800.

Space hops stolen by aliens?

Hops seeds that were taken into space last year and supposedly brought back to Earth last month on the space shuttle Discovery have gone missing, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced on May, 13. The seeds entrusted to JAXA by a Tokyo-based science education venture were taken to the International Space Station in August last year and were stored inside Japan's Kibo laboratory module until Discovery's light back home in April. But JAXA was notified by NASA in late April that the 120 grams of soybeans, hops and other seeds were missing despite records showing they were brought back to Earth by the shuttle.
JAXA officials said the organization will investigate what happened, while the venture said it is holding talks with JAXA over the matter. The project aimed to study the impact of zero-gravity on the taste and smell of the plants. After the experiment, the hops were supposed to be given to one of the leading Japanese brewers, Sapporo. Source: BelgianShop

Blitz Chiller. Need we say more? Oh, $40 from Amazon. Oh, and you have to supply your own ice. Nevermind.

The World Cup is coming. Tesco's Supermarkets in England is getting flack from the drinks industry and the no-binge people for selling Bud, Carlsberg, and Stella 69p per pint (they are also selling Carling, Tennent's and Strongbow at that price). article - Lets see. That's equivalent to $18.00 for a case of 24 12oz cans. Stella goes for about $30 here. Hmmm. But Bud at Kahn's in Indy is: